Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
TSUTSUGAMUSHI
Etymology
Noun
tsutsugamushi (uncountable)
A form of typhus caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi and transmitted by chiggers.
Synonyms
• kedani
• scrub typhus
Source: Wiktionary
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(noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis
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